Thursday, June 16, 2016

Books 1 and 2 in the Oyster Harbor series have been reissued. They're better than ever!

Plucking the Pearl (Book 1)

When Pearl's sheltered life shatters in the 1930s
when her mother dies, her only option is to move in with poor family relations
and shuck oysters in the local plant on Oyster Island, Maryland.

Determined to live a morally proper life, the last
thing she wants is an affair with a white man, but Caleb, the plant owner,
knows a pearl when he sees one. The successful widower is the “oyster king” of
the island, but his intense desire for his forbidden new employee, a woman of
color, threatens everything he’s built.

What begins as a private sexual liaison flowers
into strong feelings that don't fit the social mores of the island. When their
secret is discovered, they risk losing everything. They dared to pluck the
pearl, but will their love be strong enough to keep it forever?

When Leroy gets promoted at the new oyster plant on
Pearl Point, all he cares about is working hard. Then he meets flirtatious
artist Rose, and soon nothing matters except getting her to the altar and into
bed. He’s healing from a recent loss, and isn’t about to let her go too.

Because Rose’s strict, social-climbing father
doesn’t approve of dark-skinned Leroy, they court in secret. Although Leroy’s
raw passion can convince her to do almost anything, why can’t he understand she
needs freedom, not marriage? However, in the 1930s, freedom for any woman is
hard to come by.

In Leroy’s arms, Rose finds unimaginable sensual
pleasures, but she’s torn by desire and duty. Her father wants her to be white;
Leroy wants her to embrace her black heritage. Playing both sides of the fence
leaves this young biracial beauty exposed in more ways than one.